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Surname
HUGHES
Forename
Patrick
Day
08
Month
02
Year
1917
Age
26
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
8 February 1917: Miner Killed At Blairhall Colliery - Between 5 and 6 o'clock on Thursday evening, Patrick Hughes (26), miner, lately residing at Red Row, near Newmills, was struck by a large stone which fell from the roof of the Lady Veronica Pit, Blairhall Colliery. He was working at the face at the time. His injuries proved fatal. The stone which fell weighed about a ton. [Dunfermline Journal 10 February 1917]